Ecologia ecossistêmica de florestas tropicais: aplicações na restauração e proteção florestal

• Ano de defesa: 2022
• Autor(a) principal: Maure, Lucas Andrigo
• Orientador(a): Silva, Fernando Rodrigues da
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Câmpus São Carlos
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais - PPGERN
• Palavras-chave em Português: Restauração florestal; Áreas de proteção; Conservação da biodiversidade; Mudanças climáticas; Florestas tropicais; Mata Atlântica
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Forest restoration; Protected areas; Biodiversity conservation; Tropical forests; Atlantic Forest
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA; CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL::CONSERVACAO DA NATUREZA::CONSERVACAO DE AREAS SILVESTRES; CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL::CONSERVACAO DA NATUREZA::HIDROLOGIA FLORESTAL; CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL::CONSERVACAO DA NATUREZA::RECUPERACAO DE AREAS DEGRADADAS; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA::ECOLOGIA APLICADA; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA::ECOLOGIA DE ECOSSISTEMAS
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/20.500.14289/16465

Forest protection and restoration have been singled out as major solutions to stem the biggest environmental crises of our time: the loss of biodiversity and climate change. However, deciding which sites are appropriate and priority for protection and restoration is not an easy task. Thus, this thesis proposes an ecosystem approach to substantiate such decisions in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In the first chapter, we tested the effect of environmental predictors on the resilience and stability of early second-growth forests. Thus, we predict the spatial distribution of both ecosystem parameters to locate areas with ecosystem potential for forest restoration. In the second chapter, we test the effect of environmental predictors on the stability of old-growth forests. By predicting their distribution, we aim to find priority areas for forest protection and management with a focus on conservation of large numbers of species and carbon density. In the third chapter, we test the effect of climate on the stability of old-growth forests. By predicting their distribution based on current and future climate, we locate areas of gain and loss of forest stability as a result of climate change. While areas of gain have great potential, areas of loss of stability are a priority for forest protection and restoration aiming at the future conservation of species and carbon stocks. The results of this thesis shed light on decisions related to conservation of species and carbon stocks through an ecosystem view of their habitats.